Angels 2023 Transactions

The following players are now a Free Agent due to their contract ending:

Team Pos Name
NYM C Omar Narvaez
DET 1B Miquel Cabrera
TEX SP Jon Gray
BOS RP Matt Barnes
ARI RP Mark Melancon
F/A RP Joe Smith

The following players are now a Free Agent due to club denying their Arbitration-eligible increase:

Team Pos Name
CHC OF Cody Bellinger
F/A RP Alex Reyes

The following arbitration eligible players have their increases accepted to remain on roster:

Team Pos Name Salary
BOS OF Alex Verdugo 1,400,000

1-Minors signings:

Team Pos Name Note
OAK 3B Kevin Smith
PIT 2B, 3B, SS Rodolfo Castro
PIT OF Canaan Smith-Njigba Option to Reserves
PIT OF Matt Fraizer Option to Reserves
SD RP Adrian Morejon Option to Reserves
WSH SP MacKenzie Gore
TEX SP Ricky Vanasco Option to Reserves
TOR RP Nate Pearson Option to Reserves

Team Pos Name
TB 2B, OF Vidal Brujan
SF SS Hayden Cantrelle
CHW OF Benyamin Bailey
TB SS, OF Niko Hulsizer
SF SP Melvin Adon
CHC SP Caleb Kilian
F/A SP Hector Yan

New Owner Free Drops:

Team Pos Name
SD 3B, SS Hae-seong Kim
F/A SP Cole Hamels

Active Roster - 25 of 27 Players:

Pos Name Team Salary Arbitration Options Years
C Austin Nola SD 400,000 - 4 2
1B Franchy Cordero BAL 500,000 - 1 3
2B Rodolfo Castro PIT 400,000 '26, '27, '28 3 6
3B Justin Turner BOS 4,000,000 - 0 2
SS Javier Baez DET 10,000,000 - 0 5
OF Myles Straw CLE 800,000 - 3 2
OF Alex Verdugo BOS 1,400,000 '24, '25 4 3
OF Riley Greene DET 400,000 400,000 * M
UT Oneil Cruz PIT 400,000 * M


Pos Name Team Salary Arbitration Options Years
SP Kyle Gibson BAL 4,000,000 - 0 1
SP Tyler Gilbert ARI 400,000 '25, '26, '27 4 5
SP MacKenzie Gore WSH 400,000 '26, '27, '28 4 6
SP Matt Manning DET 400,000 '25, '26, '27 4 5
RP Steven Okert MIA 400,000 - 3 1
RP Andre Jackson LAD 400,000 '25, '26, '27 3 5
RP Kevin Ginkel ARI 750,000 - 2 4
P Ross Stripling SF 1,750,000 - 4 1
P Zack Greinke F/A 9,250,000 - 0 2
P Trevor Rosenthal F/A 3,500,000 - 0 2


Pos Name Team Salary Arbitration Options Years
BN Kevin Smith OAK 400,000 '26, '27, '28 3 6
BN Andrew McCutchen F/A 4,500,000 - 0 1
BN Juan Yepez STL 400,000 400,000 * M
BN Chris Archer F/A 2,000,000 - 0 2
BN Dallas Keuchel F/A 2,000,000 - 0 2
BN Caleb Smith F/A 2,000,000 - 4 2
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Reserve Roster - 5 of 13:

Pos Name Team Salary Arbitration Options Years
OF Canaan Smith-Njigba PIT 400,000 '26, '27, '28 3* 6
OF Matt Fraizer PIT 400,000 '26, '27, '28 3* 6
SP Ricky Vanasco TEX 400,000 '26, '27, '28 3* 6
RP Adrian Morejon SD 400,000 '26, '27, '28 3* 6
RP Nate Pearson TOR 400,000 '26, '27, '28 3* 6
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Minors (40):

Pos Name Team Years
C Israel Pineda WSH 2
1B Xavier Isaac TB 5
1B Spencer Torkelson DET 3
2B Keithron Moss TEX 3
2B Jorbit Vivas LAD 5
3B Ryan Kreidler DET 5
3B Jhonkensy Noel CLE 3
3B Austin Shenton TB 4
3B Sal Stewart CIN 5
3B Gage Workman DET 3
SS Blaze Alexander ARI 1
SS William Bergolla PHI 5
SS Werner Blakely LAA 3
SS Yiddi Cappe MIA 4
SS Denzer Guzman LAA 4
SS Eddys Leonard LAD 4
SS Estiven Machado TOR 3
SS Kahlil Watson MIA 4
OF Colton Cowser BAL 4
OF Justin Crawford PHI 5
OF Brenton Doyle COL 3
OF Clark Elliott OAK 5
OF Drew Gilbert HOU 5
OF Hudson Haskin BAL 3
OF Simon Juan NYM 5
OF Pedro Leon HOU 4
OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. PHI 5
OF Aaron Zavala TEX 4
SP Irv Carter TOR 3
SP Xzavion Curry CLE 4
SP Wilmer Flores DET 5
SP Jackson Jobe DET 4
SP Asa Lacy KC 3
SP Landon Marceaux LAA 4
SP Zach McCambley MIA 3
SP Reese Olson DET 4
SP Alex Santos HOU 3
RP Peter Heubeck LAD 4
RP Garrett Hill DET 5
RP Landon Sims ARI 5